7G POLEMONIACEiE. (gILIA FA5IILY.) 



Stamens unequally inserted and included in the narrow tube of the salver- 

 form corolla Collomia. 1 



Stamens equally inserted on the throat or tube of the corolla; filaments 



not declined Gilia. 2 



Filaments more or loss declined; otherwise as Gilia. Leaves all pinnate 



and alternate; corolla short Polemoniuni. 3 



1. COLLOMIA, Nutt. 



The throat of the corolla commonly enlarged. Stamens more or less exserted, with 

 slender filaments, mostly glandular-viscid; with alternate leaves, or the lower opi^osite, 

 vai'ious. 



* Leaves simple and sessile, entire, the lower ones oj^posite. 



1. C. gracilis, Dougl. A span or two high, in age mucli branched; the flowers at 

 length somewhat scattered; leaves lanceolate or linear, or the lowest oval or obovate, 

 an inch or less long; corolla rose-purple, turning bluish, less than half an incli long, 

 narrow. 



* * Leaves deeply cleft or compound, the lower j^^tioled; stems loosehj branched. 



2. C. gilioides, Benth. A span to 3 ft. high; lower leaves simply jjinnately parted 

 into linear latei'al lobes, or the terminal lobe oblong and toothed, upper leaves 3-5- 

 divided; corolla pink or purplish, its slender tube about half an inch long, twice or 

 thrice the length of the calyx; capsule globular, 3-seeded. 



3. C. heterophylla. Hook. A span or two high, diflfuse; leaves mostly pinnately 

 parted or tlie upper piunatifid, and the lobes incised or cleft; the ujjper most often entire 

 and broader, subtending tlie capitate-clustered flowers; corolla i>urplish, Iialf an inch 

 long; stamens very upequally inserted. 



2. GILIA. Ruiz & Pav, 



Corolla funnel-form, salver-form, or sometimes short-campanulate or rotate, regular. 

 Stamens equally inserted (but sometimes with unequal filaments), not declined. Leaves 

 various. 



* All (if the leaves opposite, at least on the main stems, sessile and palmately jmrted or 

 rarely entire. (Seeds mucilaginous in water. J 



Corolla from short funnel-form to almost rotate; the lobes obovate; filaments slender; 

 anthers oval. Low or slender, loosely and mostly small flowered annuals; the leaves 

 with filiform or setaceous divisions, appearing as if whorled. In ours, the flowers on 

 filiform pedicels, loosely paniculate. § 1. DacfylophyUiim. 



Corolla salver-form, but the tube shorter than the calyx, the broad cuneate-obovate 



